6/16/1953, HOO53-IND53, Wrigley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 3 0 1953 Clowns 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 x 7 13 0 11 1 Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Clowns AB R H BI AVG Nieman lf 4 1 2 1 .310 Logan ss 3 2 0 0 .317 Martin,Bi 2b 4 0 0 0 .252 Temple 2b 1 0 0 0 .271 Slaughter rf 4 0 1 0 .277 Friend,B p 0 0 0 0 .136 Irvin cf 3 1 0 0 .337 Coan ph 2 1 1 0 .343 Garagiola c 3 2 1 1 .266 Bruton ph 1 0 0 0 .276 Belardi 1b 2 2 2 4 .270 Pafko rf 5 1 3 2 .319 O'Brien,J ph 1 0 0 0 .250 Crandall c 5 0 2 1 .241 Bilko 1b 1 0 0 0 .154 Williams,Di lf 3 0 0 1 .308 DeMaestri ss 3 0 1 0 .219 Aber p 0 0 0 0 .000 Atwell ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Nixon p 0 0 0 0 .214 Elliott,B 3b 4 0 0 0 .208 Landrith ph 1 0 0 0 .214 Lopat p 2 0 0 0 .120 Ridzik p 0 0 0 0 .167 Jolly p 0 0 0 0 .000 Stewart ph 0 0 0 0 .429 Joost ph 0 0 0 0 .338 Keegan p 0 0 0 0 .500 Koslo p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rivera cf 5 2 4 1 .282 Black p 0 0 0 0 .250 Fondy 1b 3 0 1 1 .241 Easter ph 1 0 0 0 .327 Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0 .326 33 6 7 6 Staley p 1 0 0 0 .160 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 .500 Serena ph 2 1 2 1 .238 36 7 13 7 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lopat 5.1 9 5 5 1 2 77 52 2.31 Jolly BS 1 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 15 7 3.86 Koslo L 0-3 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 12 8 3.77 Black 1.1 1 0 0 2 1 32 14 3.00 8.0 13 7 7 4 4 136 81 Clowns INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Staley 2.2 7 6 6 2 0 52 30 4.79 Hughes 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 17 11 3.24 Friend,B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 7 3.25 Aber 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 1.88 Nixon W 3-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 2.58 Ridzik H 4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 2.87 Keegan S 14 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 9 1.11 9.0 7 6 6 3 3 117 73 HOO: O'Brien,J batted for Belardi in the 6th Bilko inserted at 1b in the 6th Joost batted for Jolly in the 7th Atwell batted for DeMaestri in the 9th Easter batted for Black in the 9th IND: Serena batted for Hughes in the 4th Serena moved to 2b in the 5th Coan batted for Friend,B in the 5th Coan moved to lf in the 6th Landrith batted for Nixon in the 7th Bruton batted for Coan in the 8th Stewart batted for Ridzik in the 8th Bruton moved to cf in the 9th Pafko moved to lf in the 9th Rivera moved to rf in the 9th E-Martin,Bi. 2B-Pafko(7), Rivera(10). 3B-Garagiola(1), Rivera(9). HR-Nieman(2), Belardi 2(5). RBI-Nieman(15), Garagiola(6), Belardi 4(21), Pafko 2(27), Crandall(25), Williams,Di(4), Rivera(24), Fondy(26), Serena(23). K-Irvin, Lopat, Atwell, Pafko, Fondy, Jackson, Coan. BB-Irvin, Garagiola, Joost, Logan 2, Serena, Stewart. SH-Temple. HBP-Fondy. HB-Lopat. GWRBI: Fondy Temperature: 80, Sky: cloudy, Wind: out to center at 9 MPH. 6/16/1953, HOO53-IND53, Wrigley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 3 0 1953 Clowns 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 x 7 13 0 11 1 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Nieman lf 1>S 3>HR 63 Nixon 53.1-2 Martin,Bi 2b 9 53 53 63 Slaughter rf S.1-3 43 5>Friend,B 8 43 Irvin cf 143/gdp W k 8>Ridzik 8 Garagiola c 2>W T.1-H 8 63 Belardi 1b HR.1-H HR.3-H 6>Aber O'Brien,J ph 7 Bilko 1b 63 DeMaestri ss 63 S 53 9>Keegan Atwell ph k Elliott,B 3b 3/g Hughes 63 53 7 Lopat p 63 4>k Jolly p Joost ph 7>W Koslo p Black p Easter ph 6/L Clowns -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Logan ss 1>W 3>63 64/f Jolly 3/g W.1-2 Temple 2b 14/SH.1-2 3/g Friend,B p Coan ph 5>S k Bruton ph 8>7 Pafko rf 53 S S.1-2 D.2-H;1-H k Crandall c S.2-H;B-2 3/fl 8.2-3 63 S Williams,Di lf 53 4>3/fl 7.3-H Aber p Nixon p 7>Koslo Landrith ph 3/g Ridzik p Stewart ph W.1-2 Keegan p Rivera cf 2>S S note 1 T 8 Fondy 1b k HBP.1-2 13 S.3-H Jackson 3b 8 k 6>3/g 41.1-2 Staley p 43 Hughes p Serena ph S.2-H;1-2 S Black W 1: D.1-H;B-3(e4/th) Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Clowns IN OUT ER Lopat A1 C9 5 Staley A1 B7 6 Jolly D1 D4 1 BS 1 Hughes B8 C2 0 Koslo D5 D8 1 L 0-3 Friend,B C3 C5 0 Black D9 E6 0 Aber C6 C9 0 Nixon D1 D3 0 W 3-1 Ridzik D4 D6 0 H 4 Keegan D7 D9 0 S 14 6/16/1953, HOO53-IND53, Wrigley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 3 0 1953 Clowns 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 x 7 13 0 11 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Nieman lined a single up the middle (CBBCX) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Martin,Bi flied out to right (X) 0-0 1 1-- 22 Slaughter lined a single down the left field line, Nieman to third (BBFFX) 0-0 1 1-3 11 Irvin grounded into a double play, Staley to Temple to Fondy (FBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Clowns batting 0-0 0 --- 30 Logan walked (BBBB) 0-0 0 1-- 31 Temple sacrifice bunted to the mound, Logan to second (B11C1BbBbXb) 0-0 1 -2- 01 Pafko grounded out to third (FX) 0-0 2 -2- 10 Crandall lined a single to left, Logan scored, Crandall to second (BX) 0-1 2 -2- 00 Williams,Di grounded out to third (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-1 0 --- 31 Garagiola walked (BBBCB) 0-1 0 1-- 21 Belardi homered deep down the right field line, Garagiola scored (SBBX) 2-1 0 --- 00 DeMaestri grounded out to short (X) 2-1 1 --- 00 Elliott,B grounded out to first (X) 2-1 2 --- 10 Lopat grounded out to short (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Clowns batting 2-1 0 --- 01 Rivera grounded a single up the middle (SX) 2-1 0 1-- 02 Fondy struck out (CFS) 2-1 1 1-- 00 Jackson flied out to center (1X) 2-1 2 1-- 20 Staley grounded out to second (BBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-1 0 --- 10 Nieman homered deep to left (BX) 3-1 0 --- 22 Martin,Bi grounded out to third (FCBFBX) 3-1 1 --- 11 Slaughter grounded out to second (CBX) 3-1 2 --- 30 Irvin walked (BBBB) 3-1 2 1-- 01 Garagiola tripled deep to center, Irvin scored (1SX) 4-1 2 --3 02 Belardi homered deep to right center, Garagiola scored (CFFX) 6-1 2 --- 21 DeMaestri lined a single to left center (BBCX) Hughes now pitching 6-1 2 1-- 22 Elliott,B flied out to left (B>FSBFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Clowns batting 6-1 0 --- 02 Logan grounded out to short (CFX) 6-1 1 --- 20 Temple grounded out to first (BBX) 6-1 2 --- 12 Pafko lined a single to shallow center (CFBFFFX) 6-1 2 1-- 32 Crandall popped out to first (BBBCF>X) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 6-1 0 --- 32 Lopat struck out (CBBFBFS) 6-1 1 --- 00 Nieman grounded out to short (X) 6-1 2 --- 11 Martin,Bi grounded out to third (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Clowns batting 6-1 0 --- 02 Williams,Di popped out to first (CSX) 6-1 1 --- 00 Rivera reached on an infield single to third (X) 6-1 1 1-- 10 Fondy was hit by a pitch, Rivera to second (BH) 6-1 1 12- 22 Jackson struck out (1BSSBS) Serena pinch hitting for Hughes 6-1 2 12- 12 Serena lined a single between third and short, Rivera scored, Fondy to second (1CSFBX) 6-2 2 12- 11 Logan grounded to short, forcing Serena at second (BCX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting Friend,B now pitching Serena moved to second base 6-2 0 --- 11 Slaughter grounded out to second (BSX) 6-2 1 --- 22 Irvin struck out (FCBFBS) 6-2 2 --- 00 Garagiola popped out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Clowns batting Coan pinch hitting for Friend,B 6-2 0 --- 01 Coan grounded a single between first and second (CX) 6-2 0 1-- 11 Pafko lined a single to shallow left, Coan to second (FBX) 6-2 0 12- 11 Crandall flied out to center, Coan to third (BFX) 6-2 1 1-3 00 Williams,Di flied out to left, Coan scored (X) 6-3 2 1-- 01 Rivera grounded a double down the first base line, Pafko scored, Rivera to third on an error by the second baseman Martin,Bi (CX) 6-4 2 --3 00 Fondy grounded out to the mound (X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting Coan moved to left field Aber now pitching O'Brien,J pinch hitting for Belardi 6-4 0 --- 00 O'Brien,J flied out to left (X) 6-4 1 --- 00 DeMaestri grounded out to third (X) 6-4 2 --- 21 Elliott,B grounded out to short (BCBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Clowns batting Bilko now playing first base 6-4 0 --- 10 Jackson grounded out to first (BX) 6-4 1 --- 01 Serena grounded a single to left (CX) Jolly now pitching 6-4 1 1-- 31 Logan walked, Serena to second (BFBBB) 6-4 1 12- 12 Coan struck out (CBSS) 6-4 2 12- 31 Pafko doubled deep to right center, Serena scored, Logan scored (1FBBBX) 6-6 2 -2- 00 Crandall grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting Joost pinch hitting for Jolly 6-6 0 --- 30 Joost walked (BBBB) Nixon now pitching 6-6 0 1-- 02 Nieman grounded out to third, Joost to second (SCX) 6-6 1 -2- 21 Martin,Bi grounded out to short (BCBX) 6-6 2 -2- 00 Slaughter flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Clowns batting Koslo now pitching Landrith pinch hitting for Nixon 6-6 0 --- 12 Landrith grounded out to first (CBCFX) 6-6 1 --- 31 Rivera lined a triple to shallow center (BBBCX) 6-6 1 --3 00 Fondy lined a single to shallow center, Rivera scored (X) 6-7 1 1-- 00 Jackson grounded out to second, Fondy to second (>X) Black now pitching 6-7 2 -2- 31 Serena walked (BBBCB) 6-7 2 12- 20 Logan grounded out to first (BBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Ridzik now pitching 6-7 0 --- 12 Irvin flied out to center (BSFX) 6-7 1 --- 01 Garagiola grounded out to short (CX) 6-7 2 --- 00 Bilko grounded out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Clowns batting Bruton pinch hitting for Coan 6-7 0 --- 11 Bruton flied out to left (BFX) 6-7 1 --- 32 Pafko struck out (BBBCFFS) 6-7 2 --- 32 Crandall reached on an infield single to first (BBFSBX) Stewart pinch hitting for Ridzik 6-7 2 1-- 31 Stewart walked, Crandall to second (BBBCB) 6-7 2 12- 11 Rivera flied out to center (SBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting Bruton moved to center field Pafko moved to left field Keegan now pitching Rivera moved to right field Atwell pinch hitting for DeMaestri 6-7 0 --- 12 Atwell struck out (CSFBS) 6-7 1 --- 21 Elliott,B grounded out to third (CBBX) Easter pinch hitting for Black 6-7 2 --- 12 Easter lined out to short (CBFX)